University coach Mark Ruybal praised his team's defense, especially stopper Paul Medina, for holding Fort Lupton under 10 points in the first and third quarters. Medina had four steals.

Fort Lupton fell to 2-5 with the loss. University is 4-3.

The Bluedevils could never quite get their offense on track against a physical, stifling University defense.

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"University played well; I do tip my cap to them," Fort Lupton coach Jim Roedel said. "We just missed a lot of easy shots to start and never could really find a rhythm. It was kind of one of those ugly come-back-from-break games for us."

Roedel said his team became a bit frustrated with the rough performance and put the Bulldogs on the line too often. University outscored Fort Lupton 36-12 on free throws.